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this was such a cool field trip!!! :D

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This is the Vallejo Capitol.

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If you look closely you can see that gueen isabella's finger is broken

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not me trust me :(

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scroll down people to see more and more area to put things

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scroll down :/

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scroll down :/

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The statue cost $30.000,.

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Go here and enter Sacramento in the search.

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Explore collections and stories from around the world with Google Arts & Culture.

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You can see the queens pointer finger is broken

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Queen Isabella I statue

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here is a map of the capital

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This much is not in doubt: Sometime Friday or Saturday, part of a finger from the marble statue depicting Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus in the Capitol rotunda broke off. A tourist discovered the detached digit Saturday afternoon. What remains a mystery is what caused the finger to fall.

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This much is not in doubt: Sometime Friday or Saturday, part of a finger from the marble statue depicting Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus in the Capitol rotunda broke off. A tourist discovered the detached digit Saturday afternoon.

What remains a mystery is what caused the finger to fall.

Some have put the blame on the quasi-traditional coin toss that accompanied the end of the legislation session early Saturday morning. Dozens of legislative staffers, lobbyists and others lined the railing on the second floor, trying to lob pennies and other coins into Isabella's crown. One of the coins, the theory goes, knocked the knuckle of Isabella's attendant in just the right spot, causing it to snap off.

Tuesday, though, other experts questioned the theory. They said they doubted whether a 2.5-gram penny or even something heavier could break part of a marble statue that has withstood decades of coin tosses, rough-housing students and various bumps during rotunda events. Until this week, the statue's most serious wound was another broken finger - and that happened after someone threw a firecracker or other explosive at the statue from the second floor.

"There's no evidence a coin broke off the finger," said Vito Sgromo, a state building manager and longtime Capitol tour guide who is an expert on the history of the building and its contents. "It could be purely coincidental."

Debra Gravert, the Assembly Rules Committee's chief administrative officer, said she also doubts that a coin could have damaged the finger. The statue, she noted, greets tour groups when they enter the Capitol and the ropes around it offer little protection from children intent on touching the marble.

Still, Gravert said, legislative officials may consider new rules to protect one of the Capitol's most prized artifacts. "When we saw people tossing coins, I went over and told them not to. We had sergeants telling them not to," she said. "I don't know if we need to implement a stronger policy."

The statue, "Columbus' Last Appeal to Queen Isabella," commemorates the Spanish monarch's underwriting of Columbus' voyage to the New World. The person who commissioned American-born sculptor Larkin Goldsmith Mead to make the statue died before its delivery. But the man's neighbor, Darius Ogden Mills, a wealthy Northern California banker, bought the statue and donated it to California, and the statue was put in the rotunda in 1883.

Isabella and Columbus were relocated to the nearby Library and Courts building in 1975 as workers began restoring the Capitol. The statue initially was missing from the reopened rotunda in 1982, but lobbying by Italian Americans returned it to the rotunda the following year, Sgromo said.

"It's become a major historical treasure for the Capitol," runner-up in significance to the portrait of George Washington in the Senate chambers.

Meanwhile, the practice of tossing coins at Isabella's crown on the last night of the legislative session started sometime in the 1940s, he said. Legislative sergeants shoo people away from the railings but they invariably return to pitch pennies at the statue some 30 feet below. That's what happened early Saturday, Gravert said.

The broken finger does not belong to the queen or to Columbus, who is kneeling at her feet. The damaged digit came off a sculpted young page, who stands to the left, holding up a corner of the queen's skirt.

Robert Foster was on a state Capitol tour Saturday with his adult son, who was visiting from San Bernardino, when the tour group stopped in the rotunda to admire the marble statue. The tour docent was describing the statue's history and explaining the end-of-session coin-tossing tradition.

About then, Foster recalled Monday, the docent exclaimed, "Oh my God, the finger's broken."

Foster, looking down at the enclosure circling the 1883 statue, saw a white object, only an inch or two long, that at first he thought might be a hearing aid. He picked it up and "sure enough, it was the finger."

The break was clean, said Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for general services, which owns the statue. Officials have been in touch with restoration firms and repairs should take place within a couple of weeks. The expense, he said, is nominal.

Whether or not a coin injured Isabella, some question the coin-tossing tradition. "I don't know of anywhere else where people can throw objects at old artwork that's valuable. It's a bizarre thing," said Foster, a retired elementary school principal. "It's not intentional (to damage the statue), but maybe that's a tradition they shouldn't be doing anymore."

Assemblyman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, an expert on the Capitol, had not heard of the damage to the statue when asked about it Monday during the Sacramento Central Labor Council's Labor Day picnic at William Land Park.

"I don't quite know how you police that," Cooley said of the coin-dropping. "But that's definitely our No. 1 public building. We need to conduct ourselves with respect toward it."

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Broken finger on statue in California Capitol rotunda follows late-night coin toss

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This much is not in doubt: Sometime Friday or Saturday, part of a finger from the marble statue depicting Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus in the Capitol rotunda broke off. A tourist discovered the detached digit Saturday afternoon. What remains a mystery is what caused the finger to fall.

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The statue has been there since 1883

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This is the Vallejo capitol building.

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The statue in the capital is called Columbus’ Last Appeal to Queen Isabella.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNQDsbX5Wa8

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SCROLL DOWN THERE ARE PEOPLE DOWN THERE......

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SCROLL DOWN THERE ARE PEOPLE DOWN THERE......

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<3 <3 And a video about the state capital

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Timeline Animation of Cannon House Office Building Renewal

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Time Lapse of Rotunda Floor & Art Protection 2015

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Watch this short student orientation video before you visit the U.S. Capitol. Then visit: http://visitthecapitol.gov/ to book a tour:

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good short video on the capitol

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Sacramento, CA - The State Capitol Building is where visitors can tour the restored historic offices of the Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Governor of the State of California. The building features exhibits and tours - and a gift shop.

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http://www.publishnprosper.com In September of 1850 California became our 31st state As for movie stars and beaches, it's such a great place Its capital city is known as Sacramento "Eureka" (I have found it) is the state's motto ..... for more please see the video Would you like to know the basic facts of California (CA)?

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The city sacromento grew up in the mid nineteenth centry as a developmentfrom sutters fort. However the fort was someway from sacromento river witch the main means of transport to the coast of california and what was to become the modern city developed along with water suplly

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Located in Sacramento, the Neoclassical structure was completed between 1861 and 1874 at the west end of Capitol Park.The California Senate chamber seats its forty members in a large chamber room decorated in red, which is a reference to theThe building is based on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The west facade ends in projecting bays, and a portico projects from the center of the building.

Statue of Queen Isabella and Columbus commemorating her decision to finance a voyage to the New World

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that was cool video Damian but it had no info....

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Construction on the permanent Capitol was begun in 1860, and, though not completed until 1874, the Legislature was able to occupy its Chambers in 1869. Except for a major “modernization” in 1908, the Capitol remained virtually unchanged until 1949 when additional space requirements resulted in the construction of the Capitol Annex.The California State Capitol, constructed between 1861 and 1874, features a 220-foot tall dome with striking similarities to the dome of the United States Capitol. In 1907 a stained glass representation of the Great Seal was installed in the ceiling of the hallway leading from the Capitol's rotunda. To show off an exciting technological advance of the time, electricity rather than sunshine was used to light up the seal. -------->

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At the State Capitol, the past, present and future of California interact with equal force. The building serves as both a museum and the state’s working seat of government. Visitors to the Capitol can experience California’s rich history and witness the making of history through the modern lawmaking process.

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Like a pingpong ball, California's state capital bounced from San Jose to Vallejo, to Sacramento, rebounded back to Vallejo, moved to Benicia, and jumped to its current spot in Sacramento, with a temporary stop in San Francisco.

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The California State Capitol is home to the government of California. The building houses the Bicameral state legislature and the Office of the governor.

Located in Sacramento, the Neoclassical structure was completed between 1861 and 1874 at the west end of Capitol Park, which is framed by L Street to the north, N Street to the south, 10th Street to the west, and 15th Street to the east. The Capitol and grounds were listed on the office of the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and listed as a California Historical Landmark in 1974, with a re-dedication on January 9, 1982 to commemorate the close of the bicentennial restoration project.

The building is based on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The west facade ends in projecting bays, and a portico projects from the center of the building. At the base of the portico, seven granite archways brace and support the porch above. Eight fluted Corinthian columns line the portico. A cornicesupports the pediment above depicting Minerva surrounded by Education, Justice, Industry and Mining.

Above the flat roof with balustrade are two drums supporting a dome. The first drum consists of a colonnade of Corinthian columns; the second, Corinthian pilasters. Large arched windows line the drum walls. The dome is 64 m (210 ft) high, and supports a lantern with a smaller dome capped with a gold-leafed orbedfinial.

The California Senate chamber seats its forty members in a large chamber room decorated in red, which is a reference to the British House of Lords, also the upper house of a bicameral legislature. The chamber is entered through a second floor corridor. From the coffered ceiling hangs an electric reproduction of the original gas chandelier. A hand-carved dais caps off a recessed bay framed byCorinthian columns.

The Latin phrase "Senatoris est civitatis libertatem tueri" ["It is the duty of a Senator to protect the liberty of the people"] lines the cornice. A portrait of George Washington by Jane Stuart, the daughter of Gilbert Stuart, is on the wall above. The State Seal hangs above.

Statues of the Roman goddess Minerva once overlooked both chambers. Today, Minerva, sculpted by Michael H. Casey, appears only in the senate chambers.

Gilded Corinthian columns support the gallery above, and dark red curtains that can be drawn for privacy are tied back along the columns. High arched windows run along the bottom below rectangular pane windows. Behind the rostrum, there are two chairs with red velvet cushions, reserved for the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, but are never used.

The California Assembly chamber is located at the opposite end of the building. Its green tones are based on those of the British House of Commons, the lower house. The dais rests along a wall shaped like an "E", with the central projection housing the rostrum. Along the cornice appears a quotation from Abraham Lincoln[citation needed] in Latin:legislatorum est justas leges condere ("It is the duty of legislators to pass just laws"). Almost every decorating element is identical to the Senate Chamber.

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All of the California senators are given the opportunity to choose one budding artist from their districts and have a sample of his/her artwork displayed in the Building. These artworks are then considered as part of the Biennial Senate Contemporary Art Collection and are put on display for 2 years. Other artworks in the building include paintings of past and present governors of California.

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The California Senate chamber seats its forty members in a large chamber room decorated in red, which is a reference to the British House of Lords, also the upper house of a bicameral legislature. The chamber is entered through a second floor corridor. From the coffered ceiling hangs an electric reproduction of the original gas chandelier. A hand-carved dais caps off a recessed bay framed byCorinthian columns.

The Latin phrase "Senatoris est civitatis libertatem tueri" ["It is the duty of a Senator to protect the liberty of the people"] lines the cornice. A portrait of George Washington by Jane Stuart, the daughter of Gilbert Stuart, is on the wall above. The State Seal hangs above.

Statues of the Roman goddess Minerva once overlooked both chambers. Today, Minerva, sculpted by Michael H. Casey, appears only in the senate chambers.

Gilded Corinthian columns support the gallery above, and dark red curtains that can be drawn for privacy are tied back along the columns. High arched windows run along the bottom below rectangular pane windows. Behind the rostrum, there are two chairs with red velvet cushions, reserved for the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, but are never used.

The California Assembly chamber is located at the opposite end of the building. Its green tones are based on those of the British House of Commons, the lower house. The dais rests along a wall shaped like an "E", with the central projection housing the rostrum. Along the cornice appears a quotation from Abraham Lincoln[citation needed] in Latin: legislatorum est justas leges condere ("It is the duty of legislators to pass just laws"). Almost every decorating element is identical to the Senate Chamber.

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frog jumping contest at capitol

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Annual frog jumping contest at state Capitol in Sacramento

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The annual frog jumping contest at the Capitol.

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Shortly after the end of Mexican rule, Californians began to clamor for statehood. In 1849, a constitutional convention met at Colton Hall in Monterey and proposed a constitution, subsequently ratified by the people, which named San Jose as the first capital.

In December 1849, the first Legislature convened in a two-story adobe hotel in San Jose. The city was composed of little more than huts, tents and clapboard buildings, and the general discomfort did little to endear the city to the legislators.

In 1851 a generous offer from General Vallejo induced the legislators to move the capital to Vallejo where a frame building had been erected for their use. Since housing was virtually nonexistent, many of the Members managed to secure lodging on the steamer Empire, which remained moored at a wharf during the session.

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did you know that the rings on top of the building of the capital represent when it was built

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In the staue there is a lot of history in it.

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over 750,00 visitors every year

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The building is based on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The west facade ends in projecting bays, and a porticoprojects from the center of the building. At the base of the portico, seven granite archways brace and support the porch above. Eight fluted Corinthian columns line the portico. A cornice supports the pediment above depicting Minerva surrounded by Education,Justice, Industry and Mining.

Above the flat roof with balustrade are two drums supporting a dome. The first drum consists of a colonnade of Corinthian columns; the second, Corinthian pilasters. Large arched windows line the drum walls. The dome is 64 m (210 ft) high, and supports a lantern with a smaller dome capped with a gold-leafed orbed finial.

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California Capitols

Shortly after the end of Mexican rule, Californians began to clamor for statehood. In 1849, a constitutional convention met at Colton Hall in Monterey and proposed a constitution, subsequently ratified by the people, which named San Jose as the first capital.

In December 1849, the first Legislature convened in a two-story adobe hotel in San Jose. The city was composed of little more than huts, tents and clapboard buildings, and the general discomfort did little to endear the city to the legislators.

In 1851 a generous offer from General Vallejo induced the legislators to move the capital to Vallejo where a frame building had been erected for their use. Since housing was virtually nonexistent, many of the Members managed to secure lodging on the steamer Empire, which remained moored at a wharf during the session.

Confusion and inconvenience again brought stormy cries for relocation. After convening in Vallejo in 1852, the Legislature moved to Sacramento to finish the legislative session.

In 1853, the Legislature returned to Vallejo only to find conditions as inhospitable as before. To an exasperated membership, an offer from the community of Benicia for the use of its new city hall proved irresistible, and a bill was passed moving the seat of government to that city, where the legislative session finished.

While the legislative quarters were adequate, it became increasingly evident that Benicia itself was too small to serve as the capital city. With this in mind, the Legislature determined that Sacramento would be the state’s capital and moved from Benicia in February 1854.

Sacramento offered its courthouse for immediate use and a building site for the permanent Capitol. Shortly after the close of the Session of 1854, the courthouse was razed by fire, but a new one was completed in time for the next session.

The new courthouse continued to serve as the home of the Legislature until 1869. This tenure was interrupted only once; during the winter of 1861–62 a severe flood prompted removal of the Legislature to the Exchange Building in San Francisco.

Construction on the permanent Capitol was begun in 1860, and, though not completed until 1874, the Legislature was able to occupy its Chambers in 1869. Except for a major “modernization” in 1908, the Capitol remained virtually unchanged until 1949 when additional space requirements resulted in the construction of the Capitol Annex. Completed in 1951, the Annex attaches to the east side of the old Capitol and houses legislative offices, committee rooms and the Governor’s offices.

In 1976, a total reconstruction of the building was undertaken to strengthen and reinforce the weakening structure. This monumental project was completed in January 1982, and the old Capitol, restored to its turn-of-the-century decor, was again occupied by the Legislature and opened to the public.

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the capitol building has lots of rooms

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I found this website for the State capital. http://assembly.ca.gov/statecapitol

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wow Damian that's a lot!

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this is what it looks like at night

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The seal was designed by Major R. S. Garnett of the U.S. Army, and adopted at the Constitutional Convention of 1849 before California became a state in June 1850. At the time of the seal's adoption, thirty states comprised the United States. yayyyy

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also known as "people's building"

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the capital building is important because it..... one sec. need to look up more.

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here is a video tour

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Super 8 Sacramento State Capital Area Video Tour

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Super 8 Sacramento State Capital area pictures and videos city guide and area

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the building was designed in a neoclassical style with many features found on ancient Greek and roman buildings

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M.F Butler was the designer of the capitol building. It took 14 years to finish the building. After it was finished, in 1879, another section was added to the building. It was the seat of Government for California. The capitol was finally permanent.

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Sponsored Bills

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Sponsored Bills: Who Writes the Laws? | KQED News

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There are a lot of reasons why legislation lives or dies at the state Capitol, but one powerful reason may be whether it's been championed - or in some cases completely written - by influential interest groups.

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The legislature set aside $500,000 in 1860 to build the capitol but in the end it was $2.45 million today that would be about $46 million

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Capitol in 1 minute video.

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California State Capitol Tour & Museum -  Sacramento Capitol Building

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www.CaliWeGo.com Learn California's legislative history with a tour and trip to the State Capitol Museum. See class architecture, visit the House and Senate floors, tour the galleries and check out the gift shop. Don't forget to stop by your local representative's office if you're a California resident!

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The building really looks important....because it it is! It has a neoclassical theme, which is an ancient Greek Roman buildings style. There are many different things you may see inside this building like art and statues. This video shows.

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Video tour of the Capitol Park in Sacramento, California. My 2014 trip to the Golden State included a hot day walking around downtown Sacramento. Posted online at www.RunMarathonMan.com

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there is a huge bridge called the Sacramento tower brige and there was a huge bust boul that terirised the wes

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The capital building has been in many places including san jose valljeo montry benica and sacremento .The capital has a stue that satnds for freedom,It took to buld from 1861 to 1874.The capital has a garden

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1990 - Term Limits

Proposition 140, a citizens' initiative, limits lifetime tenure in the Assembly to three terms of two years and in the Senate to two four-year terms after the 1990 elections. (Senators who are halfway through their four-year terms in 1990 are permitted only one additional term.) State constitutional officers are limited to two terms of four years each. Proposed 140 reduces legislative spending by about 38 percent and imposes a cap on increases. The measure is upheld in the federal courts. (Approved by 52.2 percent of voters.)

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In the capital building you will see some exciting features. For example, The Great Seal of California will be right outside the doors of the Capital building. You also might get a glimpse of the state treasurers office in 1906, the treasurers office in 1933, and possibly more. Inside one of the hallways you will see displays of all the different counties in California. You will also see a statue of the California state bear!!! Maybe you will see the former governors office. If you tour the outside of the Capital you may experience a huge redwood tree. Now the exciting this tree is that it has actually been on the moon! In February 1971, the command Mosul pilot Stuart Ruzal took tree seeds to the moon and when he came back he planted them at the Capital building. While outside the capital building you may witness the Thomas Starr King statue. He was an inspirational minister and a defender of the union during the civil war. He was an admired educator and pioneer nature writer. on to another piece of war, a stump is all that remains from a certain kind of war. It was planted in the California state capital as a memorial growth for all the union soldiers that fought in the civil war. The plant is a Silver Maple transported there in 1897.

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Construction on the permanent Capitol was begun in 1860, and, though not completed until 1874, the Legislature was able to occupy its Chambers in 1869.

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its 247 feet high

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2shJ90jVzQ

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its 37 acres wide

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http://www.csus.edu/pa/video/

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the State capital pictures and info

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Sacramento, CA Photo Album - All Pictures

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Sacramento, CA Photo Album - All Pictures

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The capital is amazing.

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the building is based on the US capitol building in washington DC

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The capitol has rooms that were the people were who did the bills. I will get a picture

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In 1861, Sacramento flooded. Many people thought of moving it temporarily to San Francisco. But it was not moved. The next time it was flooded, in 1862, it was actually moved to San Francisco. Soon they moved back to Sacramento.

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the history

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was completed between 1861-187

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The height of the capital state building is 247feet high. The capital building construction was started on September 18, 1793 finished in 1869. The building is 3 floors high. M.F Butler was the designer of the capital building. The capitol and grounds were listed on the office of the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. This building was took 14 years to finish. This building is based on the U.S capitol building in Washington D.C.

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clik the attachment bunton.

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The state capital has a lot of history about it. People send their taxes to the state capital. That day is April 15, My birthday. The state capital building also has to do with home ownership. There are a number of different taxes polices that encourage home ownership. The largest is the mortgage interest deduction, also known as MID. There are a couple rules while you are in the state capital